is there a difference between their habits in a large pond and lake vs a small pond?  deep pond vs shallow? i was told big bass are creatures of habits in the larger spots with deep water, they stay in the same areas and dont roam far. but what about the small ponds?  

i have a small 11 acre pond with big bass, its 30 feet deep. so you think they will have the same habits as a deep larger pond or lake??

Fish don't have habits, they follow hard wired behaviors which are influenced (inhibited or enhanced) by their environment. So yes, fish will behave differently in different sized bodies of water, but every other factor of the environment will influence their behavior as well, some significantly, some less so. Every body of water fishes differently. 

@reason nailed it!  ?